Thread: Hardware problem! need advice!

Originally Posted by TxKicker

This morning i woke up to the lovely blue screen of death (physical memory dump) and when i went to restart it, i got no video and some beeps. The beeps were 1 long beep and 2 short beeps. I looked that up and thats the bios responce for "Display adapter problems". However, i have no other video cards in my house that are compatible.

Here are the specs:

Motherboard: ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD

Video Card: EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 Windsor 2.8GHz Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor



If you need any other info, just let me know.


So, What should i do?

I have the same motherboard. At first I was thinking it was probably a bad vid card but after seeing the motherboard... probably not. These mobos are full of problems and they are mostly BIOS problems. If you can, check the ASUS forums for this motherboard.

First, I would try clearing the CMOS. That might get you to be able to boot and get video. If you get video, reflash the BIOS to latest. Be sure to use the correct BIOS since there is a M2N32-SLi Deluxe as well. The flash utility in the BIOS is actually pretty nice and easy to use. It will even read a flash drive as a source for the updated BIOS file. After flashing, clear the CMOS again.

Second, see if anyone you know had a PC you can try your video card out in to make sure that isn't the bad part.

If the card is good and your still AFU, time to call ASUS and RMA it.

Oh, and before I forget... this mobo is also picky about RAM settings. Mine wouldn't boot to CD/DVD until I put in my RAM's settings.

I also noticed that running a RAM diag (Like MemTest), my RAM failed horribly. Pretty much... the board has some decent specs but it's a boat anchor with nice specs IMO.

I bought extra RAM because I wanted it working right then. After 4 sticks failing individually (And randomly), I figured it wasn't bad RAM causing the problems I had.

As having an ASUS MB also,try updating your bios to the most current version.Also make sure that your power supply isnt taking a crap and that the power plug is all the way into the video card.

My recomendation is RMA the board and get a new one or a fixed one, also check the BIOS and Google your problem, You will find some good stuff their and hopefully a solution!